This morning,
The Wall Street Journal published a profile on Rakoff called
"No More Mr. Nice Guy- Just Ask Wall Street."We read it and
picked out the two things you need to know.

First, Rakoff loves sordid details. When he was in the 6th grade,
his "how I spent my summer vacation" essay about the family trip
to Colonial Williamsburg somehow turned into a 50 page report on
the dalliances of the founding fathers — Ben Franklin cheating on
his wife, for example.

The report was supposed to be five pages long.

The second fact is that he enjoys ballroom dancing — light on his
feet, heavy in the courtroom.